Facebook Killer-Lover Trial Shocked as Foul Odours and Human Remains Exhibited in Court

Date: 2025-05-08

Foul odours permeated the Kwara State High Court in Ilorin yesterday as police prosecution witnesses presented human remains as exhibits in the trial of AbdulRahman Bello, known as the "Facebook killer-lover."

Bello, an Ilorin-based cleric, is accused of murdering his lover, Hafsoh Lawal, in February and dismembering her body. During the hearing before Justice Hannah Ajayi, two police witnesses displayed recovered human body parts, triggering an emotional outburst in court. The deceased's father, Ibrahim Lawal, collapsed in tears when asked to identify pieces of his daughter's hands.

Other exhibits included a cutlass, bloodstained dining table, an axe, a knife, a keg containing human blood, a wooden box with black soap, a pair of ladies' slippers, two earrings, mobile phones, a bag of charms, animal horns, and an exercise book detailing charm rituals. The victim's broken beads and severed hands, found at a dumpsite, were also submitted as evidence.

The courtroom atmosphere became tense as family members and litigants broke down in tears, overwhelmed by the stench and the gravity of the evidence.

Four out of the 16 witnesses scheduled to testify appeared in court alongside the five accused persons. One police witness, Yusuf Dauda, who is the custodian of the exhibits at the State's Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), testified that he documented the items brought by Inspector Ayodele Azeez.

During cross-examination, Chukwudi Maduka, counsel to the first defendant, questioned Dauda's knowledge of where the items were recovered. Inspector Mohammed of the SCID confirmed that human parts were recovered from Bello's residence and a dumpsite and were deposited at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) for preservation.

The deceased's father also recounted the harrowing events leading to Hafsoh's disappearance and the eventual discovery of her remains. Hafsoh's closest friend, Falilat Abdul Hafiz, also provided her testimony. Justice Hannah Ajayi adjourned the case for further hearing until Monday, May 12, 2025.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Folorunsho Erubu     Yusuf Ali     Arinola Lawal     Olam Food Ingredients     Talaka Parapo     First Lady     Makama Of Kaiama     Lateef Ademola Olatunji     Yahaya Jibril Usman     Bamidele Aluko     Tunde Kazeem     Tsaragi-Share     Popo-Igbonna     Sun Qing Rong     Ishaq Salman     TETFUND     Mubarak Oladosu     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Abubakar Usman Jos     Abegunde Goke     Olaiya Zuberu     Iyeru Grammar School     Ilorin South Constituency     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Jalala     Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng     Vasolar Consortium     Babatunde Ishola Babaita     Garba Dogo     Sulyman Atolagbe Alege     Ezekiel Yissa Benjamin     Yoonus Lawal     Yahaya Abdulkareem     New Nigeria People’s Party     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Oluwatoyin Lukman     Abdulmumin Yinka Ajia     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     KWIRS     Shuaib Olarongbe     Femi Gbajabiamila     Abdulahi Abubakar Bata     Abdullahi Samari     Taofeek Ibraheem     HAMFAT Clinic And Maternity     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Yakub Lai Gobir     March 28     Umar Ayinla Saro     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Mohammed Yahaya Barki     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     ASKOMP     Usman Rifun     Diagnostic Centre     Kwara State Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Rasheed Jimoh     Ramat Oganija     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Rebecca Bake     Sunday Fagbemi     Kayode Bankole     All Confederation Of Principals Of Secondary Schools     T And K FOODS     AbdulRazaq Jiddah     Ijagbo     CCB     Oladipo Akanmu Tolani     Ola Falade     JUSUN     Omotoso Musa     Abiodun Musa Aibinu     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Mansur Alfanla    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Aliyu Alhassan     Taofik Mustapha     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     Bolaji Aladie     Lola Ashiru     Olayinka Are     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Ahmad Uthman     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     ANCOPPS     Nigeria Computer Society     Oke-Kura     Vasolar Consultoria     Abdulquawiy Olododo     Rashidi Yekini     Adekunle David Dunmade     Yoonus Lawal     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Dauda Adesola     Abdulwasiu Bolaji Adeyi     Owo Arugbo     Mogaji Aare     Okedare     Kaosarah Adeyi     Radio Kwara     Firdaos Amasa     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Prince Bola Ajibola     Isau     First Lady     Sam Okaula     Ahman Pategi University     Amuda Musbau     Modupe Oluwole     Kale Bayero     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Ilorin     Bola Olukoju     Woro     Taofeek Sanusi     Lola Olabayo     NIPR     TIIDELab     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Olota Of Odo-Owa     University Road     Tsaragi/Share     Arinola Lawal     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Onilupeju Of Ilupeju     CELF     Madawaki     Moshood Bakare     Musibau Akanji     Farouk Salim     Monkey Pox     Binta Sulyman     AIT Ilorin     Abdulazeez Arowona     Kwara State Polytechnic     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Folorunsho Alao     Bayer AG     Raji AbdulRasaq     Sabi     Magaji Nda     Daud Adeshola     Lucky Omoluwa     Tanke Road     Oniwasi Agbaye     Oyelere Oyinloye     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Saraki     Adesoye     Amos Justus Sayo     Chief Imam Of Lafiagi     Maja